Truffe

Truffle is part of our patrimony jewels, of our gastronomic culture and of calcaire soils. Fragrant and tasty, the fresh black truffle offers you its powerful aroma, its subtle and rustic taste, with remarkable persistence. It will be a fantastic experience, in either simple or rich dishes.

What truffles can be found on markets?

The queen of truffles is the Tuber melanosporum :

Black with a wart like skin, with very fine and close marbling, it is picked up from the 15th of November until end of February. The best moment is in January (but who knows with this peculiar tuber ?)

Tuber aestivum ou Summer truffle :

Summer truffles are also named «St Jean truffles » they are picked up from May to beginning of August, in the same soil as the black truffle.

I am what is called a « trufficulteur » truffle producer, I come from an agricultural background, my family being from La Chapelle Montabourlet in Dordogne.

At home, I have always watched my mother, my grand-mother,busy with their cooking pots and jars, since 1948 ! For us, preserves, confits, foie gras duck or goose have always been part of the family tradition.